Moth Protection??

[Jdot84]

I keep mine in a garment bag with cedar balls. Works well.

[Thunderbolt]

Yeah, thanks to ya'll, I spent the last 2 hours steaming my kilts...





T.

[Nick]

I prefer cedar, all my woolens are hung in a wardrobe with no bag.

I've read that keeping woolens in bags is detrimental to the garment, perhaps due to trapped moisture. Since I've never used them, is this true?

[Jack Daw]

I prefer cedar, all my woolens are hung in a wardrobe with no bag.

I've read that keeping woolens in bags is detrimental to the garment, perhaps due to trapped moisture. Since I've never used them, is this true?

Before I store my kilt away, I air it out overnight, then brush it. Houston is a humid place, but my air conditioning is always on.

[Ian.MacAllan]

some kilts will have to be sacrificed for the greater good.

You have to destroy them to save them?

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[Nick]

You have to destroy them to save them?

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"I will bestow it, and will answer well
The death I gave it. So again good night.
I must be cruel only to be kind."
~Hamlet, Prince of Kilts, Act 3, scene 4.

[Nick the DSM]

You have to destroy them to save them?

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some...


i'm only joking here guys, just roll with me!

[wsk]

We've discusssed this before. Here is what I've previously written on the topic:

I have a small business that processes natural fibers for fiber artists and handspinners. The clothing moth is a common topic of conversation.

Clothing moths and their larvae (which do the actual damage) do not like light so a dark closet hung full of wool kilts is a perfect haunt - especially since kilts offer even darker hiding places under pleats. Clothing moths are attracted to the scent of the lanolins, body oils, suint, etc in wool. For this reason, lavender sachets, cedar, etc are used by some to mask the natural attractants. From my reading on the topic, the efficacy of the sachets has not yet been confirmed but it smells nice and can't hurt. Clean wool is not as attractive to a clothing moth as a freshly shorn fleece in a wool pack. Your sweat and body oils will also attract the moths to your kilts.

So, the recommendations that I can make are:

1. wear your wool kilts regularly;
2. keep the closet door open and periodically move your kilts around (see number 1) paying close attention to the areas under the pleats;
3. for longer term storage put them in a tightly sealed chest - doesn't have to be cedar (store only cleaned wool in the chest).

Cedar, lavender, and other strong aromatics mask the odors of the things that clothing moths are interested in - they don't repel.